Of course the U.S. bankrolls the war, arms the Ukrainians, gives them the world’s best military intelligence, and has advisors training Ukrainians inside the country. Since long before Victoria Nuland said “**** the Europeans” and long before the Kiev 2014 “revolution” overthrew a democratically-elected President, the CIA has had deep links with Banderites and Ukrainian nationalists who were determined to purge pro-Russian influence from Ukraine.
The U.S. has succeeded in further dominating its NATO partners, ending hopes for European political independence, and even weakening European economies to its own benefit. If perchance Putin dies or the Russian Federation collapses, the CIA and Ukrainian nationalists will have their greatest dreams realized. Most likely the war will go on for years and the Ukraine will be devastated, while a Mafia-like Russian Federation will survive. The Russian people will, as ever, suffer further oppression and degradation.
The Americans evidently don’t trust the Ukrainian military command with its most advanced long-distance weapons, fearing they will use them to strike into Russia. But who is the more irresponsible party of these two? Perhaps it was the U.S. military that was responsible for the mysterious strike on the Russian prisoner of war site in Donbas that killed so many Ukrainian Assov battalion fighters. Who really knows?
All this doesn’t mean we should support the bloody, illegal and criminally stupid Russian invasion, either. The war is a tragedy, and its ultimate results will almost certainly be tragic. When one or both sides are exhausted, there may finally be a — most likely partial and temporary — ceasefire.